Can we test if element text includes text_ A or text_B with cypress?

Question

Just wondering if there is a way to test that an element contains text_A or text_B with cypress. For example, I have an element that is filled with the error returned from an API request and I want to check whether the error message includes text_A or text_B. Tried the following code but it works only if text_A is present and fails when text_B is returned.I don't get any error for invalid syntax from cypress, any help would be appreciated.

 cy.get('body').then((body) => { 
     if (body.find('#request-error').length > 0) { 
         cy.get('#request-error').then((el)=> {
              assert.include(el.text(), ('text_A' || 'text_B')); 
         });
     } else {
         // DO SOMETHING ELSE
     }
 });

Answer 1

Essentially you have an array of possible error messages, so you can test if the element's text exists within that array.

expect(['text_A', 'text_B']).to.include(el.text())

Another option that reads better would be to use .oneOf

expect(el.text()).to.be.oneOf(['text_A', 'text_B']);

https://docs.cypress.io/guides/references/assertions.html#BDD-Assertions

Answer 2

I am late but you can do it with satisfy:

 cy.get('.text-element').invoke('text').then(text => {
      expect(text).to.satisfy((mText: string) => possibleMatchesArray.includes(mText));
 });